Homework and info - Week 1

Dear All, 

here is everything you need for the weekend: 

1. Link to the TED Talk: 

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html 

Questions to answer: 

What does the pre-frontal cortex do? (among other things)  

Why is liver-and-onion ice cream mentioned? 

How are the two different futures shown different and yet similar? 

What is the impact bias? 

What does the psychological immune system do? 

What are the stories related to: the Beatles, McDonald's, prison, shady book deal 

What is the difference between synthetic and natural happiness? 

What is the free choice paradigm? 

2. Grammar video on the Tenses (advanced): 

http://indavideo.hu/video/1_Tenses (remember, the password is: arsenal!) 

If you need some further practice and some easier exercises, download this book and do the first 3 units: 

Michael Vince (advanced) 

http://sdrv.ms/R5wxAo 

We are going to work with this book on grammar: 

Grammar and Vocabulary for CAE and CPE: 

http://sdrv.ms/MmEamn  

Here is the link to the happiness articles: 

http://sdrv.ms/13SYek2 

Finally, here is the link to the new topic cycle: 

http://sdrv.ms/13SYek2 

Have a smiling weekend :) 

TB